England won the 1926
Ashes series against Australia, winning the last Test of the series after the first four matches were drawn.
Test series summary
First Test
Second Test
Third Test
Fourth Test
Fifth Test
England regained
the Ashes
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by winning the final match. Because the series was at stake, the match was to be "timeless", i.e. played to a finish. Australia had a narrow first innings lead of 22.
Jack Hobbs
Sir John Berry Hobbs (16 December 1882– 21 December 1963), always known as Jack Hobbs, was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches between 1908 and 1930. Known as "The Mast ...
and
Herbert Sutcliffe
Herbert Sutcliffe (24 November 1894 – 22 January 1978) was an English professional cricketer who represented Yorkshire and England as an opening batsman. Apart from one match in 1945, his first-class career spanned the period between the t ...
took the score to 49–0 at the end of the second day, a lead of 27. Heavy rain fell overnight, and next day the pitch soon developed into a traditional
sticky wicket. England seemed certain to be bowled out cheaply and to lose the match. In spite of the very difficult batting conditions, however, Hobbs and Sutcliffe took their partnership to 172 before Hobbs was out for exactly 100. Sutcliffe went on to make 161 and in the end England won the game comfortably.
Ceylon
As on some previous visits to England, the Australian team had a stopover ''en route'' in
Colombo
Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
and played a one-day single-innings match against the Ceylon national team which at that time did not have first-class status. The Australians won by 37 runs.
References
External links
Australia in England, 1926at
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
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Further reading
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Bill Frindall, ''The Wisden Book of Test Cricket 1877-1978'', Wisden, 1979
* Chris Harte, ''A History of Australian Cricket'', Andre Deutsch, 1993
* ''England v Australia: A compendium of Test cricket between the countries 1877-1968'', by
Ralph Barker
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Irving Rosenwater, Batsford, 1969, .
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International cricket competitions from 1918–19 to 1945
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